I have one of the Harbor Freight jacks as well as the painfully expensive
Billet jobs that they knock off. The spendy one doesn't leak down and never
falls apart, the Harbor one does. But a little locktite and some attention
will save you about $500. That said, whenever I need a jack I go for the
good one.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Dodd, Kelvin
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:31 AM
To: Jack W. Drews
Cc: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [FOT] aluminum jacks
Jack:
I'll add my vote to the "worked fine for me" camp.
I bought mine from Harbor Freight about 3 years ago and it has performed
very well under a lot of hard use/abuse.
I use mine in the shop, out in the dirt and it also gets thrown in the race
car trailer whenever I use it, as the trailer jack will not retract far
enough to swing to park position when the trailer is hooked to my truck.
The one problem I have had is that the side pins that restrict the lever
movement fell out from vibration on a long tow, also some of the wheel bolts
backed out. I'd suggest making sure all the fasteners get some locktite if
you do use the jack on the road, as a bit of prep work sure beats having to
crawl around looking for the bits. BTDT
Kelvin Dodd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Jack W. Drews
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 1:24 AM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: [FOT] aluminum jacks
I see that harbor Freight has the price for aluminum floor jacks down to
$69.95 on an internet special sale. I have one of those jacks that I
purchased four years ago for $230. I have been pleased with it but it does
have a leakage problem under certain conditions.
If anybody has purchased one of these in the last year or so, have you had
any quality issues?
uncle jack
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